The Princess Royal and the Duke of Edinburgh have both got a series of Scottish visits pencilled in to their busy schedules, including a trip down memory lane for Edward!
The Princess Royal – seen here at the Holyrood Garden Party in July 2025 – is planning another trip to Scotland(Image: Jane Barlow – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
The Duke of Edinburgh and the Princess Royal are both planning tours of Scotland in the coming weeks, according to the Royal Diary. Engagements are published up to eight weeks in advance.
Prince Edward is heading to the north-east for three days from April 27-29, including a visit to Gordonstoun School in Elgin where he and his two brothers – King Charles and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor – were educated, following in the family tradition.
Also on April 29, he’s due in Glasgow to attend the unveiling of the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games medal. Meanwhile, Princess Anne will be in Scotland next month.
Her tour of the west Highlands includes a stop at Cruachan Power Station to mark the 60th anniversary of the hydroelectric station installed in a colossal cavern inside Ben Cruachan.
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The King and Queen Camilla each have only two engagements planned – the controversial State Visit to the United States of America from April 27-30 to mark the 250th anniversary of American Independence.
As if that wasn’t contentious enough (celebrating a revolutionary war with Great Britain which saw George III, the 4th-great grandfather of Charles II, lose his North American colonies), the couple must also contend with US President Donald Trump.
After that, they are off to pay a Royal Visit to Bermuda until May 2. Not for the first time, the heir to the throne and his wife – Prince William and Princess Catherine – have no engagements booked in, according to the diary.
Queen Elizabeth with a kilted Prince Edward (r) walks with Gordonstoun School headmaster, Michael Mavor
Duke of Edinburgh
April 27
- Montrose Port Authority, Montrose, Angus
- Montrose Community Trust, Wellington Street, Montrose, Angus
- The Arbikie Distillery, Montrose, Angus
April 28
- The Loft Youth Project, 86 Mid Street, Keith, Banffshire
- Aberlour Glebe Garden, Victoria Bridge, Aberlour, Banffshire
- Gordonstoun School, Elgin, Moray (as Trustee, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award)
- Johnstons of Elgin Mill, Newsmill, Elgin, Moray
- St Giles Church, High Street, Elgin, Moray
April 29
- Highland Cycle Ability Centre, The Old Mill, Cantray, Nairn
- Cawdor Community Café and Shop, Cawdor, Nairn
- Glasgow 2026 Headquarters (as as Vice Patron, Commonwealth Games Foundation)
- Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street, Glasgow (to attend the unveiling of the Glasgow 2026 medal)
Drax took over assets from ScottishPower including Cruachan hydro electric power station in Argyll
The Princess Royal
May 11
- Argyll Estates Archives, Inveraray Castle, Inveraray, Argyll
- Auchindrain Township Museum, Inveraray, Argyll
- Drax Group Cruachan Power Station on the occasion of its 60th Anniversary, Dalmally, Argyll and Bute
May 12
- Applecross Community Company at the Community Company Projects, Shore Street, Applecross, Strathcarron, Ross-shire
- Applecross Community Hall, Applecross, Strathcarron, Ross-shire
- Arctic Convoy Museum, Aultbea, Achnasheen, Wester Ross
- Village Hall, Aultbea, Achnasheen, Wester Ross (to open the renovated hall)
- Wester Loch Ewe Trust at the Crofting Community Centre, The Old School, Inverasdale, Poolewe, Wester Ross
May 13
- Dornoch Community Celebrations at Dornoch Cathedral and Green, Dornoch, Sutherland
- Kishorn Port and Dry Dock Limited on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary, Kishorn, Strathcarron, Ross-shire